Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2022

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2024, Catalogue and identification key of the bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Palaearctic region, Zootaxa 5453 (2), pp. 183-213 : 195

33. Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2022

( Figs 46, 47 , 78 , 97)

Epeolus rasmonti Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2022b: 202–207 , figs 4–7, 8B, C, 9G, H, 10, ♀, ♂, (holotype: ♀, Russia, Buryatia Republic, Gusinoye Lake, Baraty ; ZISP).

New records. RUSSIA: 2 ♂, Zabaikalskiy Kray , Daurskiy Nature Reserve, Utochi, 10–15.VII.2023, leg. D. Kochetkov [ ZISP] .

Host (s). Unknown.

Distribution. Russia (Buryatia Republic,*Zabaikalskiy Kray), Mongolia (Bulgan, Dornod, Khentii, Sukhbaatar), China (Beijing) ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2022b).

Figures

FIGURES 37–48. Epeolus Latreille, habitus, dorsal view. 37—E. mongolicus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♀; 38, 39—E. nudiventris Bischoff (38–♀, 39–♂); 40, 41—E. pesenkoi Astafurova (40–♀, 41–♂); 42—E. priesneri Bogusch, ♀; 43—E. productuloides Bogusch, ♂; 44, 45—E. productulus Bischoff (44–♀, 45–♂); 46, 47— E. rasmonti Astafurova & Proshchalykin (46–♀, 47–♂); 48—E. rasnitsyni Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂. Figures 42, 43 by P. Bogusch.

FIGURES 77–85. Epeolus Latreille. 77—angle between scutellum and propodeum, lateral view (E. siculus Giordani Soika, ♀); 78, 79—thorax, ventral view (78—E. rasmonti Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♀; 79—E. transitorius Eversmann, ♀); 80, 81—metasoma, ventral view (80—E. melectiformis Yasumatsu, ♂; 81—E. tarsalis Morawitz, ♂); 82—S4–S5, lateral view (E. variegatus (Linnaeus), ♀); 83, 84—gonostylus, lateral view (83—E. asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, ♂; 84—E. cruciger (Panzer), ♂); 85—pygidial plate, dorsal view (E. subrufescens Saunders, ♂).